[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G metrics?

michael terner ternergeo at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 08:17:18 PDT 2018 

Cameron:
Glad to hear that this seems to be heading in the right direction. Below
and in-line are my comments and suggestions for next steps:

   - There are a few glitches with the data still: As you suggested, I
   agree that the old tabs (after "2006 Lausanne")  should be removed.
   However, your current graphs point to data from these tabs to be removed.
   - YES, good point and I knew (but didn't recall) there was a reason I
      hadn't already move them. Ultimately, I think the cleanliness of the data
      (and removal of the PII in the older tabs) warrants "losing"
those charts.
      And indeed, it would be relatively easy to recreate them based on the new
      tab.
   - Re: Ownership: I think it should be owned by the OSGeo conference
   committee. Members of the conference committee who wish to update the
   spreadsheet should be provided with write access. The general public should
   be provided with read access.
      - That is fine by me. I'm not sure if the Conference Committee has
      it's own GMail account, or who would control it. Right now, I own the
      document on my personal email account, and I am on the
Conference Committee
      and am in a position to grant whatever access is determined to be best
      (including transferring ownership).
   - Re: Regional events: As yet, I'm not aware of anyone collecting FOSS4G
   regional metrics, but I think they would be valuable to collect. The
   question is: Should we have a spreadsheet for each FOSS4G region, or should
   we have one spreadsheet which contains all regions and all years, or should
   we include into our current spreadsheet which only includes international
   events? I'd err on having one spreadsheet for each region.
      - I would concur, that we shouldn't try and move regional events into
      this same spreadsheets. There is a tipping point for spreadsheets where
      they get bloated and unruly. Perhaps this kind of
"one-tab-for-each-event,
      plus a summary tab" could be suggested for regional events that wish to
      track attendance?

Please let me know what comes next. If you'd like view only access to the
sheet for the short term, feel free to ping me, or just make a "request for
access" through the Google mechanism and I will abide...

MT

PS: If you're curious, I've attached PDF that shows the "summary tab" of
this new spreadsheet. This summary is powered by a separate tab that has
the raw data for each preceding conference.


On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:20 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I've just reviewed your updated FOSSG4G metrics spreadsheet.
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ux_hFq-C165140ZD48RRImPTHSpXj42OG3nBr9cyZYo/edit#gid=1782600951
>
> I like where you are heading with this, with an all years summary tab,
> followed by a tab for each conference.
>
> There are a few glitches with the data still: As you suggested, I agree
> that the old tabs (after "2006 Lausanne")  should be removed. However, your
> current graphs point to data from these tabs to be removed.
>
> Re: Ownership:
>
> I think it should be owned by the OSGeo conference committee. Members of
> the conference committee who wish to update the spreadsheet should be
> provided with write access. The general public should be provided with read
> access.
>
> Re: Regional events:
>
> As yet, I'm not aware of anyone collecting FOSS4G regional metrics, but I
> think they would be valuable to collect.
>
> The question is:
>
> * Should we have a spreadsheet for each FOSS4G region, or should we have
> one spreadsheet which contains all regions and all years, or should we
> include into our current spreadsheet which only includes international
> events?
>
> * I'd err on having one spreadsheet for each region.
>
>
>
> On 21/6/18 7:57 am, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> El mié., 20 jun. 2018 23:57, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
>> OSGeo conference committee,
>>
>> I'm bringing two conversations into this public conference email list.
>>
>> Some ideas here about updating metrics for the latest FOSS4G events.
>> On 21/6/18 2:47 am, michael terner wrote:
>>
>> As per your second question on Boston metric, you and I exchanged emails
>> late last year (December, I believe) about a new version of the sheet
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ux_hFq-C165140ZD48RRImPTHSpXj42OG3nBr9cyZYo/edit?usp=sharing>
>> [1] that I created after noting that the older version you sent me had
>> accumulated significant clutter and detritus over the years (while
>> remaining very useful). Boston data is here, and there are placeholders for
>> the missing Bonn data as well as for Dar es Salaam and Bucharest. I think
>> this sheet is ready to be put in play, but would trust your judgment and
>> welcome your input. Perhaps we can take this conversation to a separate
>> thread and make some plans (e.g., Where does it live? Who should have edit
>> access? How to announce its existence? Etc.).
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ux_hFq-C165140ZD48RRImPTHSpXj42OG3nBr9cyZYo/edit#gid=1782600951
>>
>> On 21/6/18 12:51 am, Till Adams wrote:
>>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> ups, just forgot about these. I will try to deliver these ASAP!
>>
>> Thanks for reminding,
>>
>> Till
>>
>>
>> Am 20.06.2018 um 01:05 schrieb Cameron Shorter:
>>
>> Hi Till,
>>
>> I just noticed that we don't seem to have metrics for FOSS4G Bonn in
>> our aggregate spreadsheet:
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpkO5WOFQ_DZEWNMLj_hAhEre0m0io_j-JGf7geAW5Y/edit#gid=57
>>
>>
>> Do you have such metrics available, and able to be depersonalised and
>> put into this spreadsheet?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
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>>
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